Off-screen, Cassidy is reaching a major milestone in season 8: directing her first episode of television.

“I spent this last hiatus doing the WB Directors‘ program, which was so educational and so good,” she gushed. “It was such an eye-opening process.”

“It’s keeping the energy up on set, because it’s 13, 14 hour days,” she continued. “These crew members, they’re lugging stuff around. Actors get tired…during the panel, I said [ARROW star Stephen Amell] has been a leader, and that’s also the role of director: you have to be the one that gets people excited. I think the crew is excited for me, because they know how excited I am.”